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The arts and craft movement which started in the United Kingdom in the mean of the 19th century spurred a market for traditional cabinet making, and other craft goods
- It rapidly spread to the United States and to all the underdeveloped nations in the British empire
- This movement exemplified the hit http://www.wgwoodproducts.com/store/agora.cgi?product=Cabinetry to the eclectic historicism of the Victorian era and to the 'soulless' machine-made production which was starting to become widespread.
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Mission Constitution is characterized by strait thick horizontal and vertical lines and flat panels
- The most commonplace material passed down in Mission furniture is oak
- Hardware is often visible on the outside of the pieces and imaginary of atramentous iron.